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2025 City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration Announced

2025 City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration Announced

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2025 City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration Announced

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
The National Black United Front – Kansas City (NBUFKC), in partnership with the American Jazz Museum will sponsor its 44th Annual Citywide Kwanzaa Celebra- Celebration from December 26th through January 1st.
‘Champions’ Honored At Jingle, Mingle Event

‘Champions’ Honored At Jingle, Mingle Event

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‘Champions’ Honored At Jingle, Mingle Event

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Five Kansas Citians were honored as Champions on Wednesday during a Jingle and Mingle event at the Starlight Theatre Applause Club. The event co-hosts and presenters of the awards were Jackson County Legislator Chairman DaRon McGee and KCMO Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw.
EPA Awards Kansas City $5 Million to Expand Composting and Food Rescue Infrastructure

EPA Awards Kansas City $5 Million to Expand Composting and Food Rescue Infrastructure

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EPA Awards Kansas City $5 Million to Expand Composting and Food Rescue Infrastructure

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Wednesday that Kansas City has been awarded a $5 million Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand the City’s organic waste collection and food rescue programs.
Barbara Rose Johns statue (X / Governor Glenn Youngkin)

Barbara Rose Johns statue (X / Governor Glenn Youngkin)

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Statue of Barbara Rose Johns Replaces Robert E. Lee Statue in the U.S. Capitol

Lauren Burke,
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Image of Virginia Civil Rights Activist replaces Confederate StatueBlack Press USA“The Commonwealth of Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all, and not a traitor who took up arms against the United States to preserve...
Gwen Grant, president/CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City (Courtesy screenshot)

Gwen Grant, president/CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City (Courtesy screenshot)

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Urban Council Condemns Racial Discrimination in Westport CID

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Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Kansas City Globe Staff The Urban Council— a coalition of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, NAACP– Missouri State Conference, SCLC–GKC, and the Urban Summit—on Monday held a press conference at 4128 Broadway in Kansas City, Mo.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE)

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Crockett Announces Run for Senate

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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Rev. Frederick Haynes, III Files to Run for Her Old SeatBy Lauren Burke,Black Press USA“We need to stop all the hell that is reigning down on all of our people,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett from a Dallas stage to a cheering standing-room-only crowd.On December 8, Rep.
UG To Host Inauguration Ceremony for Newly and Re-Elected Local Officials

UG To Host Inauguration Ceremony for Newly and Re-Elected Local Officials

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UG To Host Inauguration Ceremony for Newly and Re-Elected Local Officials

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Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas (UG) will host an Inauguration Ceremony on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, at 5 p.m. at Memorial Hall located at 600 N. 7th Street in Kansas City, KS, to welcome and congratulate the new mayor, newly and re-elected commissioners and sheriff.
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